Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors. 2016

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Assessment

This report is an assessment of the Los Angeles County public beach facilities and their vulnerability to future sea-level rise. The report is focused on the erosion and flood risk that beaches in the county, which are currently artificially … maintained, face. Since these beaches are valuable assets to the region, the report aims to suggest management strategies that can be used to preserve and maintain the existing public beach system for as long as possible.

SPUR. 2012

Sea level rise

Plan or strategy

The Ocean Beach Master Plan is based on an extensive interagency and public process led by SPUR. The plan is focused on creating a comprehensive vision to address sea level rise, protect infrastructure, restore coastal ecosystems and … improve public access. The plan provides detailed designs and concepts for Ocean Beach, which is an iconic part of San Francisco and a National Park. It is codified into LCP update by the city planning department.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. 2017

Sea level rise

Communication or educational materialProject or Example

This website provides an overview of the story of Surfer's Point and the physical climate adaptation project that took place there. It tells that it took ten years to reach consensus among diverse partners. Once consensus was reached … the Surfer's Point working group opted to retreat from the sea and use a soft solution to restore the natural habitat. As of 2014, the beach at Surfers' Point has a 70-foot wide buffer zone and a significant sediment reservoir.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. 2017

Wildfire

Case Study

This case study describes the traditional prescribed burning practices carried out by the Karuk tribe who live and manage 1.48 million acres of their aboriginal lands along the Klamath and Salmon Rivers in northern California. The article … describes the benefits of indigenous burning, such as reducing the risk of high-severity wildfire that can threaten people and natural systems such as forests and wetlands near rivers and streams. It also discusses Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and the need for knowledge sovereignty, and highlights several other related reports such as the Karuk Climate Vulnerability Assessment.

Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project. 2017

Sea level rise

Communication or educational material

This website provides an overview of the ongoing effort to restore the Ballona Wetlands, which in the middle of a highly urban part of Los Angeles. These wetlands represent the remaining 600 hundred acres of a once larger wetland system. … They offer a unique opportunity to create an oasis in the middle of dense commercial corridors. The website provides extensive material on the planning process and the benefits of wetlands.

California King Tides Project. 2018

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Communication or educational materialProject or Example

This website is the home of the California King Tides project, which is part of a global network of similar programs. The project, which is a citizen science effort has two primary goals: 1) Educate the public about sea level rise … by engaging people and showing them how today’s high tides are the average future condition; and 2) Create a catalogue of hyperlocal flood risk data for researchers and decision makers. The website provides more project information and details how people can get involved.

City of Del Mar. 2016

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Plan or strategy

The Del Mar Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan serves as the City of Del Mar’s long-range planning guide to address future sea-level rise and its effects on storm surge and coastal flooding and erosion. This Adaptation Plan will provide … the basis for developing new sea-level rise policies that will be integrated into the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) via a LCP Amendment.

The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. 2015

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Assessment

Students at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management completed this vulnerability assessment for the City of Santa Barbara as it prepares to update its Local Coastal Program (LCP). This assessments looks at the impacts of … sea level rise on human populations, critical infrastructure, recreation and public access, as well as ecological resources. These vulnerabilities are based on different modeling techniques including 1) exposure modeling, 2) permanent inundation modeling, 3) storm surge modeling, 4) bluff erosion modeling, and human populations sensitivity assessment. The report also includes adaptation strategies that the City can use to create a more resilient community in the face of sea level rise related hazards.

California Energy Commission. 2012

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Assessment

The California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program supports public interest research, development, and demonstration projects to benefit California. This report is one of many products from this program. Specifically, … this is a study that assesses the vulnerability of the City of Santa Barbara to future sea‐level rise and related coastal hazards (by 2050 and 2100). The analysis is based upon past events, shoreline topography, and exposure to sea‐level rise and wave attack. It also evaluates the likely impacts of coastal hazards to specific areas of the City and analyzes the risks. The report looks at the City’s adaptive capacity and recommends potential adaptation responses.